Privacy Policy Statement

This English version of the German privacy policy page is intended to inform and assist international visitors. In any matters of dispute, the original German version takes precedent.

Your rights

In accordance with Article 13 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into effect on 25 May 2018, we provide you with information on the collection of personal data when using our website and on your rights in the following.

The Controller in accordance with Art. 4(7) GDPR is the
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, represented by Manos Tsangaris, Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin, info@adk.de.

Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted at datenschutz@adk.de or by post at

Akademie der Künste
Datenschutzbeauftragte
Hanseatenweg 10
10557 Berlin

Personal data include all information that refers to you personally, e.g. your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. When you contact us by e-mail or using the contact form, the data provided by you are stored by us in order to respond to your inquiries or to make the material you request available to you. You must consent to this for the respective specific application.

We delete the relevant data regarding this once the storage of such data is no longer required, or restrict processing if statutory retention periods apply.

If we commission service providers to carry out individual functions relating to our offering, you will be informed of the respective procedures and storage periods. Otherwise, we will not forward your data to third parties.

In regard to your data, you have

  • the right to information,
  • the right to rectification or erasure,
  • the right to restriction of processing,
  • the right to object to processing and
  • the right to data portability (receipt of a copy, taking your data with you)

You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority in regard to the processing of your personal data by us. The supervisory authority within the meaning of Section 9 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG neu) is the German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information.

Collection of personal data when visiting our website

In the case of purely informational use of our website, that is if you do not register or otherwise provide information to us, we only collect the personal data sent to our server by your browser. If you wish to look at our website, we collect the following data, which are required for technical reasons in order to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (the legal basis being Art. 6(1) S. 1 lit. f GDPR):

  • IP address
  • the date and time of the request
  • time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • content of the request (specific page)
  • access status/HTTP status code
  • the respective quantities of data transmitted
  • browser
  • operating system and user interface
  • language and version of the browser software

Newsletter / Programme Information

By subscribing to the newsletter, you consent to the data you have entered being stored. These will be used by the Akademie der Künste exclusively to provide you with information on the Akademie. The data will not be passed on to third parties or made available to third parties. Your data will be deleted when you unsubscribe from the service.

Online ticket shop

Tickets are sold using the ticket sales program from CTS Eventim AG. The personal data of ticket purchasers and customers of the online ticket shop are collected, processed and used by automated processes in compliance with data protection legislation to the extent necessary to execute the contract. Following on from this, the Akademie der Künste is entitled to store the customer data for the purpose of internal statistical surveys. The data are used as strictly confidential and only to the extent described.

Integration of third party services and content

Third party content such as videos from YouTube, audio from Spotify and SoundCloud, JavaScript libraries or graphics from other websites may be integrated into the online offering. This requires that providers of such content (hereinafter referred to as "third party providers") recognise the IP address of the user. Because without the IP address, they cannot send the content to the browser of the respective user. The IP address is therefore required to display such content. We endeavour only to use content from providers who use the IP address for the sole purpose of delivering the content. However, we have no influence on whether the third party providers use the IP address for statistical purposes, for example. If we are aware of such usage, we will inform the users of this.

OpenStreetMap

We use the map service from OpenStreetMap (OSM). The provider is the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF), 132 Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1JU, United Kingdom.

If you visit a website that is linked to OpenStreetMap, among other things your IP address and further information on your behaviour on that website is forwarded to OSMF. To this end, under certain circumstances OpenStreetMap may store cookies in your browser or use comparable recognition technologies.

Furthermore, your location may be ascertained if you have allowed this in your device settings, e.g. on your mobile phone. The provider of the website has no influence on this data transmission. Details can be found in the OpenStreetMap Privacy Policy using the following link: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy.

OpenStreetMap is used in the interest of presenting our online offering attractively and to make it easy to find locations mentioned on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR. If corresponding consent was requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the data are processed exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR; consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Vimeo

This website uses plugins from the Vimeo video portal. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

If you visit one of our pages containing a Vimeo video, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. In the process, the Vimeo servers are informed as to which of our pages you visited. Vimeo also obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged into Vimeo or do not have a Vimeo account. The information obtained by Vimeo is forwarded to the Vimeo servers in the USA.

If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you allow Vimeo to attribute your surfing activity directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.

Vimeo uses cookies or comparable recognition technologies to identify the visitor to the website (e.g. device fingerprinting).

Vimeo is used in the interest of presenting our online offering attractively. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR. If corresponding consent was requested, the data are processed exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR; consent can be withdrawn at any time.

The transmission of data to the USA is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the EU Commission and, according to Vimeo, on "legitimate business interests". Details are available here: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in the Vimeo Privacy Policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

SoundCloud

Plugins from the SoundCloud social network (SoundCloud Limited, Berners House, 47-48 Berners Street, London W1T 3NF, United Kingdom) may be integrated into this website. You can identify the SoundCloud plugins by the SoundCloud logo on the relevant pages.

If you visit this website, a direct connection between your browser and the SoundCloud server is established once the plugin is activated. In the process, SoundCloud is informed that you have visited this website using your IP address. If you click on the "like button" or the "share button" while you are logged into your SoundCloud user account, you can link the content of this website or share it with your SoundCloud profile. This allows SoundCloud to attribute the visit to this website to your user account. Please note that we, as the provider of the website, do not receive any information on the content of the transmitted data or their use by SoundCloud.

Data are stored and analysed on the basis of Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the most extensive visibility possible on social media. If corresponding consent was requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the data are processed exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR; consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Further information can be found in the SoundCloud Privacy Policy at: https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy.

If you do not want SoundCloud to attribute the visit to this website to your SoundCloud user account, please log out of your SoundCloud user account before you activate the SoundCloud plugin content.

YouTube

This website integrates videos from the YouTube website. The operator of the website is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

If you visit one of our websites with integrated YouTube content, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. In the process, the YouTube servers are informed as to which of our pages you visited.

Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your end device or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). This allows YouTube to obtain information on visitors to this website. This information is, among other things, used to collect video statistics, to improve user-friendliness and to prevent attempts at fraud.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to attribute your surfing activity directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

YouTube is used in the interest of presenting our online offering attractively. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR. If corresponding consent was requested, the data are processed exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR; consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in the YouTube Privacy Policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Spotify

Functions of the Spotify music service are integrated into this website. The provider is Spotify AB, Birger Jarlsgatan 61, 113 56 Stockholm, Sweden. You can recognise the Spotify plugins by the green logo on this website. An overview of the Spotify plugins can be found at: https://developer.spotify.com.

Thus, when visiting this website, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Spotify server. In the process, Spotify is informed that you have visited this website using your IP address. If you click on the Spotify button while you are logged into your Spotify account, you can link the content of this website to your Spotify profile. This allows Spotify to attribute the visit to this website to your user account.

Please note that Google Analytics cookies are set when Spotify services are used, so your usage data when using Spotify may also be forwarded to Google. Google Analytics is a tool from the Google company based in the USA and is used for analysing user behaviour. Spotify bears sole responsibility for this integration. We, as the operator of the website, have no influence on this processing.

Data are stored and analysed on the basis of Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in the attractive acoustic design of its website. If corresponding consent was requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the data are processed exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR; consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Further information on this can be found in the Spotify Privacy Policy at: https://www.spotify.com/uk/legal/privacy-policy/.

If you do not want Spotify to attribute the visit to this website to your Spotify user account, please log out of your Spotify user account.

Cookies

When you use our website, cookies are stored on your computer. Cookies are small text files stored on your hard disk that are assigned to the browser you are using to enable certain information to be sent to the body that sets the cookie (in this case by us). Cookies cannot execute any programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They are used to make the internet offering more user-friendly and effective overall.

Use of cookies:
The website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functioning of which are explained below:

  • Transient cookies (see a)
  • Persistent cookies (see b)
  1. Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. In particular, these include session cookies. These store what is known as a session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be attributed to the joint session. This allows your computer to be recognised again if you revisit our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
  2. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a set period of time, which may differ according to the cookie. You can delete the cookies at any time using your browser's security settings.

You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences and, for example, refuse to accept third party cookies or any cookies at all. Please note that this may mean that you are unable to use all of the functions of this website.

Analytics tool

This website uses the Matomo analytics tool. This stores what are known as cookies (in the form of text files) on your computer, which allow use of the website to be analysed. To this end, usage information generated by the cookie is transmitted to our server and then stored solely for the purpose of analysing usage. This process is used to optimise the website. Your IP address is immediately anonymised during this process so that, as a user, you remain unknown to us. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will not be disclosed to third parties. You can prevent the use of cookies with the relevant settings in your browser software.

If you do not consent to the storage and analysis of these data following a visit to our website, you can subsequently withdraw your consent at any time by clicking on the checkbox.

In this case, what is known as an opt-out cookie will be set in your browser, which prevents Matomo from collecting any session data.

Note: If you delete your cookies in the browser, this means that the opt-out cookie is deleted and may need to be re-activated by you.